2023 Jerez MotoGP Free Practice Result: Oliveira Leads, Bastianini Withdraws

By Zara Daniela | Sat, 29/04/2023 - 08:55

The final practice session for the premier class got underway in a somewhat overcast Jerez and saw another Aprilia come to the fore, in the shape of Miguel Oliveira – the Portuguese rider one tenth quicker than Fabio Quartararo. Friday’s leader, Aleix Espargaro, was slowed down by a close encounter with a cat and then fully halted by a rapid tumble at turn 11, dropping him to third on the timesheets. Franco Morbidelli progressed to fourth, with Takaaki Nakagami continuing a good run around Jerez within the top five.

The rest of the too 10 were separated by a mere tenth of a second, starting with Marco Bezzecchi, followed by Brad Binder, Jorge Martin, Alex Marquez and Maverick Viñales, while Johann Zarco in 11th position was only half a second off top spot. Pecco Bagnaia continued a more subdued showing in 12th place, ahead of colleague Luca Marini and the KTM duo of Dani Pedrosa and Jack Miller.

Meanwhile, Enea Bastianini decided that the pain was too much to handle for the rest of this packed weekend and withdrew from proceedings.

Results:

Pos No. Rider Bike Time Diff Prev
1 88 Miguel Oliveira Aprilia 1:37.229
2 20 Fabio Quartararo Yamaha 1:37.332 0.103 0.103
3 41 Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 1:37.472 0.243 0.140
4 21 Franco Morbidelli Yamaha 1:37.512 0.283 0.040
5 30 Takaaki Nakagami Honda 1:37.524 0.295 0.012
6 72 Marco Bezzecchi Ducati 1:37.633 0.404 0.109
7 33 Brad Binder KTM 1:37.639 0.410 0.006
8 89 Jorge Martin Ducati 1:37.643 0.414 0.004
9 73 Alex Marquez Ducati 1:37.647 0.418 0.004
10 12 Maverick Viñales Aprilia 1:37.665 0.436 0.018
11 5 Johann Zarco Ducati 1:37.786 0.557 0.121
12 1 Francesco Bagnaia Ducati 1:37.816 0.587 0.030
13 10 Luca Marini Ducati 1:37.866 0.637 0.050
14 26 Dani Pedrosa KTM 1:37.917 0.688 0.051
15 43 Jack Miller KTM 1:37.920 0.691 0.003
16 49 Fabio Di Giannantonio Ducati 1:38.098 0.869 0.178
17 6 Stefan Bradl Honda 1:38.248 1.019 0.150
18 36 Joan Mir Honda 1:38.287 1.058 0.039
19 37 Augusto Fernandez KTM 1:38.467 1.238 0.180
20 25 Raul Fernandez Aprilia 1:38.498 1.269 0.031
21 42 Alex Rins Honda 1:38.634 1.405 0.136
22 23 Enea Bastianini Ducati 1:39.093 1.864 0.459
23 94 Jonas Folger KTM 1:39.535 2.306 0.442
24 27 Iker Lecuona Honda 1:39.756 2.527 0.221
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